Jose Canseco Scheduled to Fight 60-Year-Old Man

After hitting 462 home runs over his 17-year career, former Major League Baseball slugger Jose Canseco now feels like it's time he hit something else. Namely, a 60-year-old man.

According to MLB.com, Canseco will fight Gary Hogan, the University of Arkansas-Little Rock assistant athletic director and former head baseball coach, in a celebrity boxing match. The bout is scheduled to take place before the July 9 game between the Arkansas Travelers and the Midland RockHounds.

I will write under the assumption that they are using the term "celebrity" loosely. But nonetheless it is sure to be a satisfying bout between an admitted steroid user and a former sportscaster who had dabbled in boxing some 25 years ago.

Hogan told MLB.com:

"I did TV from 1977-'85, and early on the station started a segment called Sports Challenges, where the reporters would play against a golf or a tennis pro, things of that nature," recalled Hogan. "I took that concept to the next level and ended up fighting [former light heavyweight contender] Mike Quarry in front of 7,500 people at [former home of the Travelers] Ray Winder Field."

The bout will consist of four two-minute rounds.

If you're looking for a little perspective here, look no further than Canseco's alleged celebrity boxing career. Back in 2008 he fought former former NFL player Vai Sikahema in Atlantic City. Sikahema knocked out the six-time All-Star late in the first round. Six months later he fought former child actor Danny Bonaduce in a three-round bout that ended in a draw.

I imagine Hogan's skill level to be somewhere between Sikahema and Bonaduce -- I'm sure he gets that a lot. Hogan still spars in his local gym from time to time, so I don't think he is to be taken lightly. Canseco, on the other hand has been a bit busy with his "acting" career.